murat-第10节
按键盘上方向键 ← 或 → 可快速上下翻页,按键盘上的 Enter 键可回到本书目录页,按键盘上方向键 ↑ 可回到本页顶部!
————未阅读完?加入书签已便下次继续阅读!
produced an order。 The commander read it with surprise and disgust;
but after reading it he led the man to the door where he had been
refused entrance。
〃Pass the Signor Luidgi;〃 he said to the sentinel。
Ten minutes had hardly elapsed before he came out again; holding a
bloodstained handkerchief containing something to which the sentinel
could not give a name。
An hour later; the carpenter brought the coffin which was to contain
the king's remains。 The workman entered the room; but instantly
called the sentinel in a voice of indescribable terror。
The sentinel half opened the door to see what had caused the man's
panic。
The carpenter pointed to a headless corpse!
At the death of King Ferdinand; that; head; preserved in spirits of
wine; was found in a secret cupboard in his bedroom。
A week after the execution of Pizzo everyone had received his reward:
Trenta Capelli was made a colonel; General Nunziante a marquis; and
Luidgi died from the effects of poison。
End